A white ASRock Ion 330 Nettop box placed under a silver Mac Mini.
A nettop is a very small form factor, inexpensive, low-wattage desktop computer designed for basic tasks such as surfing the Internet, accessing web-based applications, document processing, and audio/video playback.[1][2][3] The word nettop is a portmanteau of Internet and desktop.[4]
Compared to ordinary desktop computers, nettops are not only smaller and cheaper,[5] they also consume much less power. For example, CompuLab's fit-PC2 consumes no more than 8 watts of power[6] whereas a typical desktop would easily consume more than 100 watts of power. Consequently, nettops are often fanless with an external power supply. Some do not have an optical disk drive and use a solid state disk, making them completely silent. The trade off is that the hardware specifications and processing power are usually reduced[7] and hence make nettops less appropriate for running complex or resource intensive applications.[8]
Nettop (simple, low-cost computer similar to a netbook often connecting to a television)
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ASUS Eee Box in white with customized skin.
A white ASRock Ion 330 Nettop box placed under a silver Mac Mini.
A nettop is a very small form factor, inexpensive, low-wattage desktop computer designed for basic tasks such as surfing the Internet, accessing web-based applications, document processing, and audio/video playback.[1][2][3] The word nettop is a portmanteau of Internet and desktop.[4]
Compared to ordinary desktop computers, nettops are not only smaller and cheaper,[5] they also consume much less power. For example, CompuLab's fit-PC2 consumes no more than 8 watts of power[6] whereas a typical desktop would easily consume more than 100 watts of power. Consequently, nettops are often fanless with an external power supply. Some do not have an optical disk drive and use a solid state disk, making them completely silent. The trade off is that the hardware specifications and processing power are usually reduced[7] and hence make nettops less appropriate for running complex or resource intensive applications.[8]